Better late than never, but I really have to hand it to men who only begin to see women as human beings once they have daughters. To this, a pat on the back. We have a long way to go. Happy International Women’s Day.
I'm pretty sure that's just a coincidence, not an intentional slight. Like when Easter fell on 4/20...though that coincidence just made the chocolate eggs more appreciated.
I was going to write that it was yesterday. Here where I live we marched for 15 minutes and then we had a gathering with lots of stories and speaches and discussions before we ate lunch at the community hall.
“Georgia is now—finally—on the verge of passing a bill that would make it illegal for clergy members to sexually assault people under their authority.”
This is the problem with you atheists. You always want to substitute the state for God. Don’t you know that God is going to punish all of these sexual abusers? How dare the state step in for God in this matter! and besides, these sexual abusers are moral men of God, and they don’t do this sort of thing. Well, they do, but Everybody sins. You must hate Christianity. And you must hate God. What about school teachers? what about them?
“Notice how he talks about rampant sex abuse “including even in our Churches” as if outside sinners have infiltrated their world. Yes, even in our churches! It’s not like the Catholic abuse scandal is 1000 years old at the very least. And it’s not like that they have spent decades blaming drag queens, gay men, and now transgender people with loud cries in a great voice of ‘Squirrel! Squirrel! THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR LOOK OVER THERE LOOK OVER THERE QUICK QUICK BEFORE THEY GET AWAY!”
From the point of view of this gay man, that is their second biggest sin right after the abuse itself. Conspiring and organizing to blame innocent people who are not committing the crimes for the crimes that the accusers are committing themselves.
According to the article, "several states" have such legislation (willing to bet Ohio isn't one of 'em), never mind the fact that something like "Gross Sexual Imposition" should already be on the books and damned well should apply. At least Georgia finally got there.
Now ... how vigorously are they going to ENFORCE it???
Hmm, VERY VIGOROUSLY OF COURSE! NO SEX PREDATOR SHALL ESCAPE THE LAW! If they make trouble, you'll be called to action! You shall make good on your name!
They'll enforce it in their usual manner - remove the predator from the flock, get him into counseling, have him confess to "moral failures", then return him to a different flock. The cycle has no end in sight.
The xtians who oppose these bills never can seem to answer the question why an allegedly omnipotent "god" does nothing while his followers rape children. Their one argument is "free will", which makes their imaginary fiend a worthless voyeur and do-nothing.
A couple days ago I put that question to a Christian Post commenter: If you saw someone sexually abusing a child, would you try to stop the abuse. This was after an exchange about God seeing everything. Nada. Silence. Nothing.
But if we criminalize clergy for engaging sexual relationships with their congregation, how will the clergy find spouses? If the spouse is younger than the clergyman, that’s just a matter of preference, dontchaknow. If the girl’s parents approve, what’s the matter?
Maybe Georgia should also consider addressing their age of consent laws, keep old men from marrying little girls. Especially after the old men have gotten the girls in the family way.
I’m getting pretty pissed lately, trying to back off from the news but I can’t completely unplug and it is not helping. Staring down losing my voting rights, working rights, bodily autonomy, financial freedom, and overall safety really makes one livid.
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I even got a passport *just to make sure* I could vote in Florida. It was a long process.
Now, just the other day, I read that Florida just passed yet another law re: voter ID. Apparently now, if your driver license doesn't display your citizenship status, it's not valid for voter ID.
My license is only a few weeks old, and already, I have to have it replaced if I want to vote. Another trip to the DMV. A lady at the elections office said my license was "fine" and that the new requirement wouldn't affect me, but what if some poll worker, afraid of being fined,
thinks otherwise?
Tomorrow's agenda: Drop the cat off at the vet, get a new license at the DMV.
I once considered canceling my credit card, but now I am afraid I would be denied a new one should the need arise, things being what they are.
I also keep my bank accounts in Minnesota and Georgia (where I lived at different times in the last 20 years) active along with my Florida bank account. Just in case one or more states decide to put restrictions on women having bank accounts.
And even though I mostly would rather not be getting old, I am relieved that I am at least well past menopause. If I were a young woman who was pregnant, or had to constantly worry about becoming pregnant, I would be terrified.
"Georgia is now—finally—on the verge of passing a bill that would make it illegal for clergy members to sexually assault people under their authority."
The fact that this statement could be written in the year 2026 is a sad indictment of the state of humanity. It should be self evident that clergy members sexually assaulting people under their authority need to be held accountable under the legal system. It is long overdue.
The pope thinks the art is blasphemy but not the wars fought in Jesus’ name? Way to lose the plot there Leo. Maybe if you don’t like the art that depicts your religion this way, stop supporting the violent regimes with Jesus in their mouths. But you won’t do that since your religion is all about getting and holding power at any cost, it has always been violent and always supported the violent regimes.
Some idiot remarked that "Francis didn't criticize this, Bergoglio did", like because he changed his name when he became pope he became a new person. How fucking stupid can you be?
We know what side the Repubelicans are on. We are just unsure about how far they’re willing to go. Well, strike that, we know exactly how far they’re willing to go, hello Jeffery, Jeffrey Epstein please pick up the black curtesy phone… in hell. Sorry, got off track there. We just don’t know who they’re willing to protect, there might be some backlash in the next month and the legislature might actually show their yellow stripes.
We do know that the Repubelicans are not all that interested in protecting women and children from predators. Our entire society is built on misogyny, exploiting women’s labor and the objectification of children. So I’m wondering what is the impetus for this legislation now?
The only reason a Republican would want to protect anyone from a predator, in the current state of that fucking party, is because they don't want the 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
My bride and I are vacationing in Arizona in early April. AZ doesn’t change times. As our trip includes a handful of sunrise/sunset views, I was checking when those things happen. And the AZ times I saw seemed wrong until I remembered it was AZ.
Sociopaths are drawn to positions of power and opportunities for grift. MAGA will be a cautionary tale for generations to come. I hope this passes, but in this political atmosphere, I have my doubts.
𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒’𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑦𝑒𝑡, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑆𝐵 542 𝑖𝑠𝑛’𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖-𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ.
Give them time.
*sigh* I wish I could argue with you.
Better late than never, but I really have to hand it to men who only begin to see women as human beings once they have daughters. To this, a pat on the back. We have a long way to go. Happy International Women’s Day.
And International Women’s Day was yesterday. Boy that 24 hrs goes by fast.
Especially when it lands on Daylight Savings Time. It’s giving earning 75 cents on the dollar vibes.
I'm pretty sure that's just a coincidence, not an intentional slight. Like when Easter fell on 4/20...though that coincidence just made the chocolate eggs more appreciated.
I’m sure it is just how it landed, the date is set so the weekday it lands on will change, whereas Daylight Savings Time is always on a Sunday.
OT- let’s ditch this outdated system and stop moving the clock. It’s harmful and stupid.
Yeah, daylight savings time is like cutting a piece off one end of a rope and tying it onto the other end.
It's like a free dose of jet lag twice a year, minus all of the fun of actually traveling.
I dunno, we tried that in the 70s and it resulted in us all having to get up before dawn. I remember being in class before the sun came up...
It would probably help if Central time weren't such a weirdly shaped and large slice of the country.
Agreed. It is just stupid and make all kinds of trouble.
DST would be equivalent to 95.83 cents on the dollar. Women can't do math. : )
OUT!!
I said it gives vibes, not being precise in calculating the actual percentages.
I was going to write that it was yesterday. Here where I live we marched for 15 minutes and then we had a gathering with lots of stories and speaches and discussions before we ate lunch at the community hall.
It was but a blink in the day.
Happy International Women's Day to you too. Linda!
Magical thinkers exempt themselves from inspection; everything they do is inherently 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅™ because book.
Of course Book... What a useful umbrella! Book has "le dos large".
Yes, a badly written fan fiction that stole/adapted/reinterpreted stories from other people’s religions!
“Georgia is now—finally—on the verge of passing a bill that would make it illegal for clergy members to sexually assault people under their authority.”
This is the problem with you atheists. You always want to substitute the state for God. Don’t you know that God is going to punish all of these sexual abusers? How dare the state step in for God in this matter! and besides, these sexual abusers are moral men of God, and they don’t do this sort of thing. Well, they do, but Everybody sins. You must hate Christianity. And you must hate God. What about school teachers? what about them?
“Notice how he talks about rampant sex abuse “including even in our Churches” as if outside sinners have infiltrated their world. Yes, even in our churches! It’s not like the Catholic abuse scandal is 1000 years old at the very least. And it’s not like that they have spent decades blaming drag queens, gay men, and now transgender people with loud cries in a great voice of ‘Squirrel! Squirrel! THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR LOOK OVER THERE LOOK OVER THERE QUICK QUICK BEFORE THEY GET AWAY!”
From the point of view of this gay man, that is their second biggest sin right after the abuse itself. Conspiring and organizing to blame innocent people who are not committing the crimes for the crimes that the accusers are committing themselves.
Have to ask: WHAT TOOK THEM SO LONG?
According to the article, "several states" have such legislation (willing to bet Ohio isn't one of 'em), never mind the fact that something like "Gross Sexual Imposition" should already be on the books and damned well should apply. At least Georgia finally got there.
Now ... how vigorously are they going to ENFORCE it???
Hmm, VERY VIGOROUSLY OF COURSE! NO SEX PREDATOR SHALL ESCAPE THE LAW! If they make trouble, you'll be called to action! You shall make good on your name!
I SHALL?!? Oh, goodie-goodie-goodie! [smirk-smirk ... GUFFAW!!! 🤣🤣🤣]
They'll enforce it in their usual manner - remove the predator from the flock, get him into counseling, have him confess to "moral failures", then return him to a different flock. The cycle has no end in sight.
The xtians who oppose these bills never can seem to answer the question why an allegedly omnipotent "god" does nothing while his followers rape children. Their one argument is "free will", which makes their imaginary fiend a worthless voyeur and do-nothing.
A couple days ago I put that question to a Christian Post commenter: If you saw someone sexually abusing a child, would you try to stop the abuse. This was after an exchange about God seeing everything. Nada. Silence. Nothing.
Says everything about their (lack of) morality, proving that having a god does not make one a good person.
To paraphrase the HULK: “Goddamm, fucking puny, tiny dick god!”
But if we criminalize clergy for engaging sexual relationships with their congregation, how will the clergy find spouses? If the spouse is younger than the clergyman, that’s just a matter of preference, dontchaknow. If the girl’s parents approve, what’s the matter?
Maybe Georgia should also consider addressing their age of consent laws, keep old men from marrying little girls. Especially after the old men have gotten the girls in the family way.
I’m getting pretty pissed lately, trying to back off from the news but I can’t completely unplug and it is not helping. Staring down losing my voting rights, working rights, bodily autonomy, financial freedom, and overall safety really makes one livid.
🎶 It's time for guillotines 🎶
https://imgur.com/tFwsVNh
Those Swedes.
They are nice people, except in 1940 to 1945, when they let the nazi through Sweeden to Norway.
Or "Giljotin," as it'd be listed in the catalog!
Stolen and used already.
And if we are going French.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IWqrwC8Ntk
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High time.
I even got a passport *just to make sure* I could vote in Florida. It was a long process.
Now, just the other day, I read that Florida just passed yet another law re: voter ID. Apparently now, if your driver license doesn't display your citizenship status, it's not valid for voter ID.
My license is only a few weeks old, and already, I have to have it replaced if I want to vote. Another trip to the DMV. A lady at the elections office said my license was "fine" and that the new requirement wouldn't affect me, but what if some poll worker, afraid of being fined,
thinks otherwise?
Tomorrow's agenda: Drop the cat off at the vet, get a new license at the DMV.
I once considered canceling my credit card, but now I am afraid I would be denied a new one should the need arise, things being what they are.
I also keep my bank accounts in Minnesota and Georgia (where I lived at different times in the last 20 years) active along with my Florida bank account. Just in case one or more states decide to put restrictions on women having bank accounts.
And even though I mostly would rather not be getting old, I am relieved that I am at least well past menopause. If I were a young woman who was pregnant, or had to constantly worry about becoming pregnant, I would be terrified.
If you were a young woman, I’d advise against the sort of sex that might result in pregnancy.
"Georgia is now—finally—on the verge of passing a bill that would make it illegal for clergy members to sexually assault people under their authority."
The fact that this statement could be written in the year 2026 is a sad indictment of the state of humanity. It should be self evident that clergy members sexually assaulting people under their authority need to be held accountable under the legal system. It is long overdue.
Anyway, Yay Georgia?
OT:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVoBupuDo68/?igsh=aXkwNmdnZG00a3Br
The pope thinks the art is blasphemy but not the wars fought in Jesus’ name? Way to lose the plot there Leo. Maybe if you don’t like the art that depicts your religion this way, stop supporting the violent regimes with Jesus in their mouths. But you won’t do that since your religion is all about getting and holding power at any cost, it has always been violent and always supported the violent regimes.
Some idiot remarked that "Francis didn't criticize this, Bergoglio did", like because he changed his name when he became pope he became a new person. How fucking stupid can you be?
Well, since we're dealing with kkkristers here....
I think it summarizes the Christian fascist assholes mindset perfectly!
It made my chuckle today. Anything to keep sane.
I had NO IDEA that Jesus was a "Thud" driver! 😏
Kinda looks more like he was the payload. :P
Yeah, it do, don't it? 😁
And this from a bible belt state. Seems Christianity's grip on the public is slipping.
Religious grip is slipping, we can hope so!
We know what side the Repubelicans are on. We are just unsure about how far they’re willing to go. Well, strike that, we know exactly how far they’re willing to go, hello Jeffery, Jeffrey Epstein please pick up the black curtesy phone… in hell. Sorry, got off track there. We just don’t know who they’re willing to protect, there might be some backlash in the next month and the legislature might actually show their yellow stripes.
We do know that the Repubelicans are not all that interested in protecting women and children from predators. Our entire society is built on misogyny, exploiting women’s labor and the objectification of children. So I’m wondering what is the impetus for this legislation now?
The only reason a Republican would want to protect anyone from a predator, in the current state of that fucking party, is because they don't want the 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
Trusting clergy members to have some spiritual authority over you or your children, is the first mistake.
[𝐶]𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑗𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑤𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠.
Christian Fucking Privilege in action. It needs to end.
Exactly. No more Get Out of Jail Free cards
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Farmers in NZ tend to hate it. I hate it. I refuse to change my clocks.
I can never remember if we are now in savings time or standard time.
The former. ⌚☀
My bride and I are vacationing in Arizona in early April. AZ doesn’t change times. As our trip includes a handful of sunrise/sunset views, I was checking when those things happen. And the AZ times I saw seemed wrong until I remembered it was AZ.
Sociopaths are drawn to positions of power and opportunities for grift. MAGA will be a cautionary tale for generations to come. I hope this passes, but in this political atmosphere, I have my doubts.
and not a drag queen, immigrant or protestor is mentioned in the bill.
I'm sure they thought about it, though.
Well, some of those priests wear robes - that’s almost a dress, ain’t it? 😉
Ohh, I knew it! Those dastardly drag wabbits are at it again!